[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19125]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

    Notice is hereby given that on July 6, 1998, a proposed Second 
Partial Consent Decree in United States v. Findett Corporation, et al. 
No. 4:97CV01557CDP (E.D. Mo.) was filed with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The action was filed on 
July 25, 1997 under Section 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, to recover 
response costs incurred or to be incurred by the United States 
associated with Findett/Hayford Bridge Road Site in St. Charles, 
Missouri.
    Under the terms of the proposed Decree, General Motors, 
Mallinckrodt Chemical, and Monsanto will pay a total of $1,712,076 to 
the Superfund, exclusively for past United States response costs. The 
first Partial Consent Decree pending before the Court provides for the 
payment of an additional $455,000. The United States' outstanding past 
costs were estimated at approximately $3.2 million as of March 31, 
1998.
    The Second Partial Consent Decree may be examined by the Office of 
the United States Attorney, U.S. Court & Custom House, 1114 Market 
Street, Room 401, St. Louis, MO 63101; the Region VII Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, 
Kansas 66101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy may be 
obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $4.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Partial Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. Findett 
Corporation, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-11-2-417.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 98-19125 Filed 7-16-98; 8:45 am]
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